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Mahape or Mohope is a suburb of Navi Mumbai
Navi Mumbai
Navi Mumbai is a Planned Satellite City on the west coast of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It was developed in 1972 as a twin city of Mumbai, and is the largest planned city on the planet, with under the jurisdiction of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation and a total area of . Navi Mumbai...

, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. This is located near Ghansoli
Ghansoli
Ghansoli ,is one of the nodes of Navi Mumbai, comprising approximate 3000 flats developed by CIDCO, and is about 20 minutes by bus from Vashi. The Ghansoli Railway Station is located in Sector-2 of Ghansoli Node. The site is accessible from Thane-Belapur Road towards eastern side...

 Railway station on Thane - Vashi Railway on Harbour route of mumbai. Extreme points of Mahape are Larsen & Toubro Infotech
Larsen & Toubro Infotech
Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd. , one of the fastest growing IT Services companies, is ranked 10th by NASSCOM among the top software and services exporters from India in 2010...

, Turbhe
Turbhe
Turbhe is a place located near Vashi, India. It has a high concentration of industrial activities.Turbhe is the fifth railway station on the Thane-Turbhe-Nerul/Vashi Railway Line, starting from Thane. It is at a distance of 15 km from Thane railway station and 3 km from Vashi railway...

, Ghansoli
Ghansoli
Ghansoli ,is one of the nodes of Navi Mumbai, comprising approximate 3000 flats developed by CIDCO, and is about 20 minutes by bus from Vashi. The Ghansoli Railway Station is located in Sector-2 of Ghansoli Node. The site is accessible from Thane-Belapur Road towards eastern side...

 and Koparkhairane. Mahape Chowk is main road crossing of this suburb. Good transport facilities are available to Thane, Kalyan, Vashi and Mumbai suburbs. The closest station to Mahape is Kopar Khairane
Kopar Khairane
Kopar Khairane is a node of the city of Navi Mumbai. It was built mostly on reclaimed land by CIDCO. Two engineering degree colleges and one engineering diploma college are located in Kopar Khairane...

. Mahape flyover
Mahape Flyover
The Mahape Flyover connects Koparkhairne to Mahape M.I.D.C. Below the flyover are two important links connecting Thane -Vashi/Nerul by railway and Belapur and Thane by road.-External links:*...

 helps reduce traffic congestion.

Economy

Suburb is one of the biggest industrial hub in Mumbai and Suburb. Millenium Business Park, a government owned IT park, is situated here. Also many of IT vendors, like Mastek
Mastek
Mastek Limited is a multinational information technology services company headquartered in Mumbai, India. It is one of the oldest software companies in India. It has four development centers in India...

, Hexaware Technologies
Hexaware Technologies
Hexaware Technologies Limited is an information technology and business process outsourcing service provider company based in Mumbai, India. The company provides software services in airlines, banking and financial services and health care insurance sectors...

 and Iflect, have corporate offices here. Mahape is well connected from Vashi
Vashi
Vashi is an upmarket residential as well as commercial township in the city of Navi Mumbai. It is a premier city in Navi Mumbai and was one of the first "nodes" developed by CIDCO.-Populace:...

, Kalyan
Kalyan
Kalyan is a city in Thane district of Maharashtra, and a major railway station lying at the junction of the north-east and south-east lines of the suburban Mumbai division of the Central Railway, 53 km north-east of Mumbai. Kalyan is also a major Taluka place, a tehsil of the Thane district...

 and Panvel
Panvel
Panvel is city and a municipal council in Raigad district in the state of Maharashtra. Panvel is also known as the gateway of Konkan region. It adjoins Navi Mumbai, and is just after the Thane district border. Panvel is located on the Yashwantrao Chavan Expressway about 21 kilometres from...

. It is also close to the Ambani
Ambani
Ambani is a surname in IndiaThe people of that surname are originated from the small village Chorwad in Saurastra in Gujarat.- Billionaires :* Dhirubhai Ambani, an Indian businessman and founder of Reliance Industries in Mumbai...

 group's Reliance Infocomm (of Anil Ambani
Anil Ambani
Anil Dhirubhai Ambani is an Indian-Gujarati business baron and chairman of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, one of the largest private conglomerates. Anil's elder brother, Mukesh Ambani, is worth more than 29 billion dollars, and owns another company called Reliance Industries...

) and Mukesh Ambani
Mukesh Ambani
Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani is an Indian business magnate. He is the chairman and managing director of Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, the largest private sector enterprise in India listed in Fortune 500 magazine. His personal stake in Reliance Industries is 48%...

's Dhirubai Ambani Life Sciences. Mahape also had a chemical factory named NOCIL.
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